Weeding-tool.



No. 633,729. Patented Sept. 26, I899.

. S. PERCIVAL.

WEEDING TOOL.

(Application filed Apr. 22, 1897.)

{No Model.)

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WEEDlN'G-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,729, dated September26, 1899.

Application filed April 22, 1897. Serial No. 633,299. (No model.)

- invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

v This invention has reference to a novel construction in a garden tool,the object being to provide a tool of this kind which can be used in aneffectual manner for weeding and hoeing.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafterdescribed and specifically claimed.

The accompanying drawing is a side eleva tion of the tool with partsbroken away for convenience of illustration.

As above referred to, the tool is especially applicable for weeding andhoeing, and it is adapted to be used by a person either sitting orkneeling, although it will be understood that by a longer handle it canbe used by a person in a standing position. The said tool consists of awire frame bent in the form shown in the drawingthat is to say,approximately elliptical. The tail end 1 of said tool, however, is alittle wider than the head end 2,

so as to adapt the tool for use in connection with different conditionsof soil and various other conditions that may exist. The ends of thewire are bent at an angle, as shown at 3, and two fiat pieces of Wood 4are securely fastened on either side of these bent ends of the frame toform a handle and to prevent the frame from turning. It will be seenfrom this description that a tool of this kind is extremely simple andinexpensive, while it has been found'in use to be very effective,especially in weeding, not only in the manner in which the weeds can beremoved from the ground, but the rapidity with which this can beaccomplished. It will also be seen that the tool can be used in anymanner in connection with tilling the soil as maybe found convenient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

A weeding-tool consisting of a piece of wire bent to form a loop andhaving angular end portions situated between plates securely fastenedthereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SYLVANUS PEROIVAL, lVitnesses:

O. F. MAHONEY, WALTER FISH.

